Strong World Health Organization recommendations have influenced Canadians' gastronomic preferences. They want less and less to see meat products on their plate.

According to the Canadian Ministry of Health, nearly 6.5 million people in the country have limited their meat consumption, or even abandoned meat dishes. According to analysts, another third of the inhabitants of Canada will soon say goodbye to products of animal origin in their diet.

“In early autumn, we conducted a large-scale survey,” the ministry said. - And its results were very interesting: half of the thousands of respondents called meat their favorite food, 40% of respondents admitted that they did not eat meat dishes more than twice a week. Two percent of Canadians attributed themselves to vegetarians. And one percent of respondents ranked themselves as vegans. The remaining residents of the country could not give a meaningful answer regarding their food preferences. ”

At the same time, half of the respondents admitted that in the near future they plan to limit the presence of meat in their menu. The reason for the refusal is simple: Canadians try to treat their body with the utmost care and worry about the fate of the animals.

By the end of the year, specialists from the Ministry of Health plan to publish an innovative guide to nutrition for Canadians. According to forecasts, this instruction will be largely vegetarian.

“At the beginning of this year, we already published a similar guide,” the ministry said. - In it, we advised residents of the country to cut the amount of animal products in their diet. We were guided by the recommendations of the World Health Organization, which several years ago called the use of sausages, sausages, canned goods and factory bacon a possible cause of cancer. ”